Cthulhu Gonfalon

Facing the eyes of the two marquis and the counts, the Earl of House was silent for a while and said: "In fact, I am not a person who likes to cause trouble. Since there is a risk of implicating the Northwest Republic, then I think that it is the return of troops."

"Thank you!" Marquis Yuk smiled and nodded. "Your loss, I will give you compensation."

"Not 'I', but 'we'." Gordon Gordon said, "This time, House did suffer a loss. Since he chose to give in for the overall interests of our aristocrats, then naturally it should be We all come together to compensate for his loss. House, I will send someone to send you 20 sets of standard slats."

Hearing this, more than one count frowned slightly.

The slats are armor made of inlaid wide iron bars on the leather. Although it is slightly bulky, it has good protection. It is an excellent body for the soldiers at the grassroots level. As long as you put on a slat, you don't have to worry about bows or swords. If you put on a shield, it is like a walking iron.

Although the price of the slats has declined with the introduction of the simplified body of the Northwest Republic, a standard slat is worth at least 200 gold coins, and 20 sets are 4,000 gold coins.

This money is not much, but since the Marquis has issued four thousand gold coins, the counts must have at least two thousand gold coins. The frowning counts were not good with the Earl of "Good Horse", and they really did not want to subsidize him so much.

However, Marquis Yuk immediately followed up, saying that he could have ten sets of simplified body armor of the Northwest Republic, and a large shield with a tinplate.

Calculating the price, this is about six thousand gold coins.

So the counties who had a bad relationship with the Count of House, could not help but be more gloomy.

But the two big men all expressed their attitude, adding up the goods worth tens of thousands of gold coins, how can they marry?

So you made a point, I made a point, and finally the counts got together the equivalent of 22,000 gold coins.

Earl House laughed very happily. Of course, he had a loss this time, but the supplies of more than 30,000 gold coins were enough to make up for his losses, and he could make a lot of money.

In this way, the things he was afraid of before being assassinated can be revealed.

A few days later, the goods were transported to the Earl of Houses. These materials were of course impossible to transfer from the capital or the counts of the counts. Instead, they were prepared directly near the territory of the Count of House, responsible for the preparation of supplies. Chamber of Commerce of the Marquis of Gordon.

The aristocratic faction is not without a businessman. For example, there are two large-scale chambers of commerce under the name of the Marquis. The Chamber of Commerce of the Marquis of Gordon has a shop near the Earl of House, using the logistics of the Chamber of Commerce. The materials are all prepaid and sent to the past, and the materials that everyone supports will actually be re-booked.

With this batch of supplies, the Count of House naturally rushed to withdraw. The aristocratic faction once again sent messengers to discuss with the merchants a peaceful solution to the problem.

At the beginning of the Chamber of Commerce and the Earl of House, they did not understand what happened and did not dare to pursue it. Although they took the initiative to launch an offensive because of anger, anger does not make up for the gap in strength between them. In the past few small-scale confrontations, the merchants who used mercenaries as the main force not only did not take advantage of the cheap, but repeatedly suffered losses. In this case, seeing the Count of House retreat, the first thing they thought of was that there might be a trap, so instead of chasing, they rushed to strengthen their positions and ensure safety.

A few days later, the messengers of the aristocracy came, and they understood what was going on.

Some of the more intense people naturally feel that they missed the opportunity and regret it. However, some of the older ones are secretly happy and happy that this border war can finally be resolved peacefully.

What is the advantage for a businessman to seek for money? Even if you can get a little, you will not be able to pay the mercenary's reward!

Based on this idea, the peace talks went smoothly.

In fact, there is no very solid evidence from the merchants. It can be proved that the soldiers who attacked the caravans and the civilians were aristocratic soldiers. The messenger responsible for the negotiations directly took out the big killer and said that the church of justice (God of law) could be given. The priests came forward to preside over the aristocratic soldiers who examined the various territories nearby. Once they found someone involved in the crime of attacking merchants and caravans, they immediately took it and executed it on the spot.

In this way, even those businessmen with more intense attitudes are much more comfortable. The rest is nothing but money.

money is not a problem.

In other words, for the negotiators who have been jointly authorized by the leaders of the aristocrats, the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

He said that although it is not clear who attacked the caravans and civilians, but for peace, the aristocrats are willing to subsidize half of the losses. If it is traced to prove that the attack was indeed carried out by aristocratic soldiers, then in addition to subsidizing the other half, there will be another double compensation.

This price is really full of sincerity, and the managers of the merchants are very satisfied. Although some are insatiable, they want to take the opportunity to smash the lion, but they are stopped by their companions.

The aristocratic faction is not a good soft persimmon. Although I don’t know why they are willing to take it soft this time, if they are too greedy and irritate them, it will not only kill the eggs, but also steal the chickens.

If you really fight again, the merchants will not have much chance of winning.

The bundles of horses were bundled, and the negotiations were naturally smooth. The two sides negotiated in detail on how to trace the murderer, and finally signed some terms and completed an agreement.

The agreement is generally fair and does not particularly harm the interests of either party. Especially at the end of the agreement, the aristocratic messengers insisted on adding "if the harassment attack is caused by external hostile forces, the two sides must unite with the foreign" clause, and let the leaders of the merchants think thoughtfully.

No wind and no waves, if you don't notice any clues, the aristocrats will not have such a big concession, and will not insist on adding this one to the agreement.

So after the peace talks, they immediately contacted the core of the merchants and told the news to several big chambers of commerce.

The major chambers of commerce attached great importance to this matter and convened the meeting quickly. After repeated discussions, the big businessmen of the rich countries of the enemy finally decided to cooperate with the aristocrats to trace them. They must catch up with the guys behind the scenes.

Merchants only pay attention to making money, and they don't like to cause trouble. But if someone secretly counts them and wants to provoke them to fight against the nobility, they will never swallow.

You know, snoring is going to cost a lot of money and kill a lot of people!

Spending money makes traders feel bad; dead people make traders fear. When I thought of the pitfall, I was in a trap, and the merchants couldn’t help but anger.

No matter who he is, if you want to get into trouble, then be prepared to face the anger of everyone!

After another half-month, the joint investigation team of merchants and aristocrats finally set off and began to investigate the attacks on the border between the two sides.